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2.23.06
One-Click
Websites From Google
 By
Neville Hobson
Yet another new service from Google, this
one aimed at anyone who wants to create a web page (not a blog) with the minimum
of fuss and absolutely no exposure to anything techie:
We're testing
a new product that makes creating your own web pages as easy as creating a document
in a word processor. Google Page Creator
is a free tool that lets you create web pages right in your browser and publish
them to the web with one click. There's no software to download and no web designer
to hire. The pages you create are hosted on Google servers and are available at
http://yourgmailusername.googlepages.com for the world to see.
Search Engine
Watch has the lowdown including commentary from Google on what prompted this
new service. More opinions aggregated at Tech
Memeorandum.
It is very easy indeed. I quickly created a page in less than five minutes (see
that little effort here)
and I can imagine that no one will have any trouble with this at all.
Google says it's not designed to compete with Blogger,
its free blog hosting service, says
SEW:
[…] What's the difference between Google Page Creator and
Blogger, the free blog publishing and hosting service also owned by Google? [Google
product manager Justin] Rosenstein says that Google Page Creator is aimed at people
who are interested in publishing a simple, relatively static web site, whereas
Blogger is designed for people who want to post frequently, with regularly changing
content.
So who will use this service? Some initial thoughts about Google Page Creator
in today's edition of FIR: The Hobson
& Holtz Report podcast.
About the Author:
Neville Hobson is the author of the popular NevilleHobson.com
blog which focuses on business communication and technology.
Neville is currentlly an independent communication practitioner helping companies
build dynamic relationships with customers, employees, shareholders and other
key audiences and influencers. Visit Neville Hobson's blog: NevilleHobson.com.
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